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High-altitude mountain views serve as a dramatic backdrop for technical wooded shots at Brighton Ski Resort in Utah. | Photo discgolfscene.com As the snow melts and the lift lines disappear, many of the world’s most iconic ski resorts undergo a dramatic transformation. Rather than sitting idle during the summer months, these mountain venues are increasingly…

For Forrest Schmidt, one trip to Chile over 10 years ago turned into a life in the Andes. | Photo: APEX Andes For most skiers, “all-inclusive” means a lift ticket and a buffet. Forrest Schmidt means something very different: a hot titanium stove in a tipi, filet mignon next to a steaming hot spring, and…

DJF Temperature Outlook. | Image: NOAA Yes, really. The 2025-26 ski season isn’t even fully in the books yet, snowflakes are still falling at a handful of holdout resorts, and here we are already talking about next winter. But that’s just who we are. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center dropped its latest long-lead seasonal outlook on…

Mountain biking is not only fun but great cross training for skiing and snowboarding. | Photo: visitbend.com For skiers and snowboarders, the off-season can feel long. Once the snow melts, many people turn to rigid gym routines filled with treadmills, stair machines, and indoor workouts they do not actually enjoy. The problem is simple: if…

Skiers and riders have one more weekend to hit Killington’s Superstar Glacier. | Image: Killington Resort Killington Resort, Vermont, has announced that Memorial Day weekend will mark the closing of its 2025–26 ski season, bringing an end to one of the longest-running seasons in the eastern United States. The resort opened first in the East…

Report from May 21, 2026 To be clear, Mammoth Mountain is skiing amazingly right now, and May is my favorite month to ski here. We’re skiing top to bottom, and there are so many options: Terrain: Bumps off Chair 23 Wiggles all over on Chairs 3 and 23 Upper-mountain race course groomers (perfect) Lower-mountain race course…

Home of the Gunbarrel 25 race. | Image: Heavenly Most ski runs are designed to keep you alive. Resorts engineer traverses, pitch breaks, and direction changes into their terrain for good reason — a truly straight fall-line run is genuinely dangerous to operate. Speeds become extremely fast. Runouts disappear. Liability lawyers get nervous. The result…

Prato Nevoso in Northwest Italy has begun construction to add its new eight-seat chairlift. | Credit: Prato Nevoso Prato Nevoso, located in the Ligurian Alps of Northwest Italy, has begun construction on its new eight-seat chairlift. The high-speed detachable chairlift will be the Piedmont region’s first eight-seater as resorts across the area are modernizing infrastructure. The…

The Copper Mountain hike park is set to open on June 5. | Credit: Copper Mountain While the 2025-26 winter season may be over at Colorado’s Copper Mountain, the stoke isn’t fully dead just yet as its hike terrain park is set to open for its summer season on June 5. For skiers and snowboarders,…

A road maintenance crew works to clear fresh snow accumulation on the Beartooth Highway, which is currently scheduled to open for the summer season tomorrow, Friday, May 22, weather permitting. | Photo from 2020 courtesy of the Montana Department of Transportation The iconic Beartooth Highway is officially scheduled to open for the 2026 season tomorrow,…